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His university asked him to stand out more than he does on the basketball court, to project what Lehigh is about in an astute and more vocal way than most student athletes. Bobby Mbom did that time and again, speaking to national scholars entering the school, serving on the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s time for Lehigh University to consider making a change in philosophy and make history by hiring its first African-American head men’s basketball coach and just the second ever in the Patriot League. Maybe Lehigh search committee chairman Glenn Hofmann should first look at…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →In the end, all the hustle any coach could expect of his players was there. Victory just was not. Neither was the patience of Lehigh University Athletic Director Joe Sterrett, who decided on Tuesday not to extend the annual coaching contract of men’s head basketball coach Sal…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The closest highway is a short walk from College Hill in Easton, and Lafayette College coach Fran O’Hanlon doesn’t mind telling any player disgruntled with his role in to take that highway — Route 22 — and not worry about coming back. Simply put, it’s O’Hanlon’s way or the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →This was for Ivy League bragging rights and the chance to make history. Shooting-wise, it was not a classic. Too many clanks off the rim early on to call the regular-season finale between Penn and Princeton that Tuesday night before an emotionally intoxicated crowd of 8,700-plus…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →This was for Ivy League rank and the chance to make history, a classic in the making. Shooting-wise, though, it was not a classic. There were too many clanks off the rim early on to call the regular-season finale between Penn and Princeton a classic. But that didn’t stop the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The verbal outbursts from the Scream I and II movies will compare little to the noise level inside the University of Pennsylvania’s Palestra at 8 tonight in the most important game of the Ivy League season. “It’s going to be very, very, very packed,” said Carla Shultzberg,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →– Lafayette’s Brian Burke didn’t have it until the end. Teammate Winston Davis had it all game, especially when he soared for rebounds. Davis grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds Saturday afternoon, but the Leopards blew a 17-point lead before surviving a suspenseful finish to beat…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Two regular-season meetings against Army, two Lehigh victories. But there was nothing charming about the Engineers’ third meeting against Army, a 71-66 loss in the women’s quarterfinals of the Patriot League Tournament Friday at the Show Place Arena. With Army hitting just…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The first losing season in the coaching career of Lafayette’s Tammy Smith came to a lopsided conclusion Friday. The last drubbing of the Leopards in a 3-25 season was capped off with a 71-48 loss to top-seeded Holy Cross (22-6) in the quarterfinals of the Patriot League…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Defensive players are sometimes faced with no-win situations when Lafayette’s Brian Burke and Lehigh’s Matt Logie are in their zones, both converting shots from distances that most players wouldn’t dare shoot from. In playground terminology, both just enjoy trying to shoot the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →For one play in the first half, the Lehigh Engineers looked more like the Harlem Globetrotters than the last place team in the Patriot League Sunday afternoon at Stabler Arena. That’s because it was capped off by a deft passing sequence of Alex Jensen to Scott Taylor to Alan…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The security guards had no chance of halting the wave of fans that stormed onto the floor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Palestra after the final horn Saturday night. The startling thing is that the Ivy League title was not won with Penn’s 72-63 victory over Yale. But Penn…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Never mind the 20-point Lehigh Engineers’ lead. The suspicions were heavy that it would not last as long as Brian Burke kept shooting. Distance did not matter, neither did hands swarming in his face. It was Burke’s final home game of his Lafayette career before a crowd of 3,124…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was close, typical of the way Big East games between Georgetown and Villanova have gone the last five years. Both the pretty and ugly ones. Ugly is exactly what Georgetown was in the first half Saturday at the First Union Center, shooting just 22 percent (6-for-27) from the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Many of the students who rushed onto the floor at La Salle University’s Gola Gymnasium probably didn’t notice Reggie Okosa pounding his fists into his chest as he danced around the court. Okosa wears No. 1 on his jersey. Seconds earlier, Okosa’s teammate, senior forward Rasual…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Most of the Penn Quakers’ jumpers looked good, often swishing through the nets. The Quakers’ man-to-man defense was also tough, somewhat nasty at times. Penn’s NCAA Tournament life seemed to be on the line, and the Quakers played like a team on a serious mission in routing Ivy…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The first shot of insulin is just the beginning of each day for Lafayette College forward Mike Farrell. Three more injections follow, and then there’s a barrage of sugar-count tests, eight to 10 times a day during the college basketball season. “If [the sugar count] goes too…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →I stopped by Lafayette College’s Kirby Sports Center on Monday and was amazed at the skinny kid with the braids gliding effortlessly through the air, doing windmill dunks and several other impressive slams. It was Leopards sophomore Winston Davis. I said to myself: “Why is this…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Lehigh losses keep coming, many of them by close margins. Whether by two points, the Engineers’ narrowest setback, or by their season-worst defeat of 19 points, little consolation is gained. Lehigh remains in the Patriot League basement with a 1-7 record and is 4-17 overall…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It was just the second day of February but it seemed like March. It’s the Temple Owls time of season. Time when they seem to smother opponents with that pesky zone defense. It doesn’t matter who the opponent is or where they play the game. They seem to play every game with the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Wouldn’t it be nice if a boxing match could again be promoted as a “Rumble in the Jungle,” and then live up to its billing? How about a pay-per-view refund if the bout lasted fewer than five rounds or were 12 rounds of drawn-out junk? Is this too much to ask? Yes, when it comes…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Some may remember the ugly stuff — the errant passes, wild shots, hard falls and maybe even the Lehigh University mascot crawling underneath the back stage at one point. Others may remember the seven ties and five lead changes in the second half of the Lehigh-Lafayette Patriot…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Maybe all theVillanova Wildcats needed was a break from the Big East and a Big 5 opponent to blow off steam against. Maybe even blowout. The Wildcats, coming off two straight losses and four setbacks in their last five games, accomplished all they so desired in a 102-73 victory…
· Andre D. Williams
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